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A10197	A quench-coale. Or A briefe disquisition and inquirie, in vvhat place of the church or chancell the Lords-table ought to be situated, especially vvhen the Sacrament is administered? VVherein is evidently proved, that the Lords-table ought to be placed in the midst of the church, chancell, or quire north and south, not altar-wise, with one side against the wall: that it neither is nor ought to be stiled an altar; that Christians have no other altar but Christ alone, who hath abolished all other altars, which are either heathenish, Jewish, or popish, and not tollerable among Christians. All the pretences, authorities, arguments of Mr. Richard Shelford, Edmond Reeve, Dr. John Pocklington, and a late Coale from the altar, to the contrary in defence of altars, calling the Lords-table an altar, or placing it altarwise, are here likewise fully answered and proved to be vaine or forged. By a well-wisher to the truth of God, and the Church of England.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1637 (1637)	STC 20474; ESTC S101532	299,489	452

receive it in the accustomed place and maner and commaunding the Church-Warden to present them to D. Aylot the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury his Surrogate for that Towne during his Metropoliticall Visitation for not receiving when as they should have presented him for not giving them the Communion when as they there profered to receive it after their auncient maner One Mr. Burroes of that Parish being thrice put by the Sacrament for not comming up to this new rayle and yet presented for not receiving thereupon prefers a Bill of Inditement upon the Statute of 1. Eliz. c. 2. against Nu●oman for this Innovation at Colchesters Sessions Which Inditement being ill drawen and most of the grand Iury Nucomans friends an Ignoramus was retained thereon and Dulman the Clerke that drew it might have well been added thereto This Inditement only exhibited so troubled Nucoman and Dr. Aylot that the next Court-day Mr. Burroes is excommunicated for not appearing in Court though he made his personall apparance and there continued till the Court was risen as he could prove by 20 witnesses and the Dr and Register both confessed as much such strange justice and vexatious oppression now raignes in these spitefull I should say spirituall Courts The next Lords day Nucoman publisheth the Excommunication in the Church and then sends the Church-wardens to Mr. Burroes there present to commaund him to depart the Church VVho comming to him accordingly He told them that the Excommunication certainly was forged by Nucoman his enemie that there was none granted against him in the Court for he was present all the while And how ever it came not out in the Kings name under the Kings Seale and by an authority derived immediately from the King by speciall Letters Patents as it ought by Law to doe and the expresse provision of the Statutes of 1. Ed. 6. c. 2. 1. Eliz. c. 1. 8. Eliz. c. 1. and therefore it was voyde in Law neither would nor could he in poynt of loyally to his Majesty obey it being not made by his authority Whereupon the Church-wardens left him Nucoman hereupon bids them carry him out of the Church The Church-wardens refuse to doe it Then he chargeth the Constables to doe it Who c●●ming to Mr. Burro●s he told them that he was not excommunicated that they had nothing to doe in the Church neither was it any part of their office but the Church-wardens to remove him and therefore bid them to doe no more then they could justify by Law else they should smart for it Upon this they left him Nucoman hereupon puts off his Surplesse closeth his Booke and g●eth out of the Church the people follow him by degrees Mr. Burroes sits still till about 11. of the clocke when the Clerke came to shut the dores The next day there was a great stirre about this busines Nucoman would have this a disturbance against the Statute of 1. Mari●e c. 3. Mr. Burroes said that he was the disturber and the Dr for publishing and granting such an illegate excommunication and giving over divine service without cause and that he was not to goe out by Law if the excommunication had been legall but ought to have been carried out by the Church-wardens and so was no disturber Much adoe there was about it Mr. Burroes to cleare the busines goes to the Register and Dr. to know whether he was excommunicated or no and for what cause At first they denyed he was excommunicated neither would they believe that Nucoman had published any excommunication against him Which when he made appeare they then told him he was excommunicated indeed by the Court He demaunded for what cause They answered for not appearing He replied he was present all the while in Court and that they both knew to be true And is this said he your justice to excommunicate men for not appeapearing when they are all the while in Court To which Dr. Aylot answered ● Sir you are an audatious fellow indeed you will indite your Minister for Innovations we will take you downe in time and teach you how to indite Ministers I will excommunicate you ● all the Parishes round about and throughout England and see who dares absolue you for Inhibition I am sure you can have none VVill you so Mr. Dr. said he I thought your power had not been so large as to reach over all England nor your presumption and insolency so great as to excommunicate his Majesties subjects thus against Law for inditing these that breake both his Majesties Lawes and Declarations If you abuse me thus as you say you will I will not only goe to Church notwithstanding your excommunication but likewise bring you into the Star-chamber for abusing me in this maner Well the Dr. proceeds excommunicates him upon no grounds in other Parish-Churches threatens him with the High Commission only for inditing Nucoman for abusing him as before and bringing in Innovations And doth not such a rejected wilfull oppressing unjust Ecclesiasticall Iudge deserve to be trussed up for such proceedings Were Bishop Latymer now alive and should heare such a story of an Ecclesiasticall Iudge and most of them are of the same Litter he would not sticke to say before the King himselfe J would wish that of such a Iudge in England now we might have the skin hanged up It were a goodly signe the signe of the Iudges skinne And certainly till the skins of some of these Spirituall Devill-Iudges be fleyde off and their neckes graced with a Tiburne-tippet for their extortions and strange oppressions of his Majesties people in a way of justice the people shall never live in quiet but the Wolves will bite and devour them Mr. Burroes notwithstanding all this malice proceeds in his resolution as well as the Dr. on the 2. of October last being the Lords-day he goes to his owne Parish-Church without any absolution whereupon Nucoman gives over service and departs and all the people after him Then he goes to another Church where he was excommunicated And after that to a third they all doe the like and leave the Church On Monday the 3. of October being the Sessions-day for the Towne he prefers a new Inditement against Nucoman for his Innovations the Mayor and Recorder persuade him to desist he refuseth to doe it Then they wish him to put it off till next Sessions because it was a new case He answered the case was plaine and that he must by the Statute indite him this Sessions or not at all Then they fall to perswade the Iury not to finde the Inditement The Iury being stout honest men notwithstanding finde it Billa vera this Innovation of Nucoman being a notorious affront both against the Statute and his Majesties late Declarations They desire them to change their verdict The honest men refuse to doe it Thereupon the Sessions is presently adiourned for 10. dayes Nuoman posts to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury to acuaint him with these proceedings and to crave his direction what

to commaund a particular person who may owe himselfe to a Church-Governour as Philemon did to Paul Another thing to commaund yea to give a standing commaund and binding Law to a whole Church to whom he professeth himselfe a Servant or Minister as 2. Cor. 4. 5. over whom he hath no authority but Stewardly or Economically to witt when he speakes in his Lords or Masters name not in his owne As the Steward in a family hath not power over his Masters Spouse but when he speakes or shewes his Masters commaund or directions not his owne But of such things as are only Indifferent Decent I doe not find in Scripture that ever Church-Governours did lawfully advise perswade them Much lesse charge and commaund them And that this place in hand 1. Cor. 14. 40. doth not give them any such power though it be much urged to this end may appeare from these reasons First the place speaketh not of Indifferent Decent things but of Necessary-Decent things the neglect whereof was undecent and disorderly by the light of Nature Scripture and Custome As for Men to weare long-haire women to be bare-headed and for women to speake in the Congregation as also for men to speake many of them at once Secondly the words of this place run not thus Let all decent things be done Or let all things judged or declared by the Church-Governours to be decent be done but thus Let all things to witt all Ecclesiasticall matters As all the Ordinances of God that are done in the Church all the duties of Gods worship Whether Praying Prophesying Psalmes or Sacraments or the like be done decently orderly in orderly and decent māner But whether in that decent maner which Church-Governours doe appoint or in some other that the Apostle limitteth not but only requireth that all be done d●cently which if it be done his rule here prescribed is observed and followed 3. Thirdly the same may appeare out of this place by this argument If this place of the Apostle did give power and authority to Church-Governours to commaund indifferent decent things then he that should transgresse the commaundement of the Church therein should also transgresse the commaundement of the Apostle As looke what Order or Acts of Iustice any civill Governour doth by vertue of the Commission of the King He that violateth such Acts or trangresseth such Orders transgresseth also against the Commaundement and Commission of the King But it appeareth to be otherwise in this case See D. Barnes That mens Constitutions binde not the Conscience p. 297. to 300. as for instance If the Church-Governour cōmand a Minister to preach alwayes in a Gowne it being indifferent decent so to doe he that shall now and then preach in a cloake transgresseth the commaund of the Church But not of the Apostle For he that preacheth in a cloake preacheth also decently or else whereto serveth Tertullians whole Booke de Pallio Now if so be it be done decently then it is all that the rule of the Apostle requireth in this point But because this point is of great consequence both for Church-Governours and others to be truely informed in give me leave to cleare the same from some other arguments To witt that it is not in the power of Church-Governours to commaund indifferent decent things in the worship of God by Order of Law Prelates and Cleargy-men may be right well assured that God never gave unto them authority to make and establish so many Ceremonies and Traditions which be contrary to the liberty of the Gosple and are blockes in Christen mens wayes that they can neither know nor observe the same his Gosple in liberty of conscience nor so attaine a ready way to Heaven Iohn Paru●y his Articles Fox Acts Monuments p. 50● First then that which exceedes the bounds of Apostolicall authority and straightneth the bounds of Christian Liberty that is not in the power of any Church-Governour to commaund But to commaund indifferent decent things by order of Law exceedeth the bounds of Apostolicall authority and straightneth the bounds of Christian Liberty Ergo c. The former of these to witt that to commaund indifferent decent things exceedeth the bounds of Apostolicall authority appeareth from the Commission graunted to the Apostles which was the largest Commission that ever Christ gave to any Church-Governours Math. 28. 20. Where our Saviour giveth them Commission to teach all Nations to observe all things whatsoever Christ had commaunded them Now all things whatsoever he hath commaunded them are Necessary not indifferent for the people to observe If therefore the Apostles over above the Commaundements of Christ which are necessary should teach the people to observe indifferent things also which Christ hath not commaunded they shall exceed the bounds of their Commission 1. Cor. 14. 37. 1. Cor. 7. 6. 10. OBJECTION It will be in vaine to object that our Saviour here speaketh only of matters of Doctrine and Faith not of Government and Order unlesse it could be proved that our Saviour else-where did enlarge this Commission and gave them more illimited power in matters of Government and Order or Indifferency Which for ought I can s●e no man goes about to doe unlesse it be from this place of the Cori which hath been already cleared as I hope from any such meaning As for the second or latter part of the Assumption that to commaund Indifferēt Decent things straightneth the bound of Christian Liberty is of itselfe evident For whereas for Example a single man or woman are at Liberty to marry where they will 1. Cor. 7. 39. If the Apostle had bound them from marriage by any commaund of his though they had received that Guift of Continencie yet he had then straightned and deprived them of their Liberty in that particular 1. Tim. 4. 3. 4. Col. 2. 20. 21. OBJECTION It is wont to be excepted against them that Christian Liberty stands not in the freedome of outward Actions but in the freedome of Conscience As long therefore as there is no Doctrinall necessity put upon the Conscience to limit the lawfulnes of the use of outward things Christian Liberty is preserved though the use and practise of outward things be limitted ANSWER Whereto I answer The Apostle in this case leaveth the people of God at Liberty not only in point of Conscience for lawfulnes to marry But even in outward Actions and practise Let him doe saith he what he will he sinneth not let him be marryed Vers. 36. As who should say the Conscience being free from sinne in it J will put no tye on the outward practise to restraine it 2. Argument The second Reason may be this They who are not to judge or censure another in differences about circumstantiall things or matters of Indifferency they surely make a binding Law that all men shal be of one mind or of one practise in such things But the former is true from the rule